This paper estimates the employment effects of the first six months of the JobKeeper program over the following year, which includes the height of the COVID‑19 recession in Australia and subsequent rapid recovery.

Vaccination rates have plummeted since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report argues that Australia urgently needs a policy reset to save lives and take pressure off hospitals.

The evaluation of the JobKeeper payment considered both the impact and processes of the entire payment. The effectiveness of JobKeeper was assessed in terms of achieving its objectives. Lessons learned from the design and implementation were also recorded with a view to informing future policy responses. This report details the key findings of the evaluation.

In this briefing paper, the authors call for the acknowledgement of the disabling nature of Long COVID at a federal policy level, and for better design of the provision of care and support services.

In late 2021, the federal government started to reduce many COVID-19 measures and embrace a ‘living with COVID-19’ approach. People with Disability Australia (PWDA) wanted to know how this current approach is affecting their members and what, if any, action they would like to see the governments take. This position statement and recommendations is based...